Benjamin worcester



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MPROTEMBNT SCALE Pencils,

BENJAMIN WORCESTER., oF WALTHAM, MAS-SCHUSTTS: it le l LmmPafmtNo- 60,315, dated December 4, 1866.

SPECIFICATION.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: M l p s Be it known that L BENJAMINWORCESTER, of .Waltham, in the County of Middlesex, in the `State `of lMassafl and Idohlebyi' declare that the following is a fullfand exact description thereof, reference'being had i drawingskand to the lettersof reference marked thereo'n. j l i t t ile or more sides of the wooden, metallic, or otherV caseof a commonwritingor'drawingpcnci 4`ing scale, B, with `inches andparts of inches, or decimal parts of a foot#` At ornearone` e and at zero ,of the scale, I fm. a small steel point, c, at right angles to theaxis of thetpen ci mpanying drawings, is seclired to theipencilby a brass cap, C. A` second poi t or `thined the pencil in such manner as to slide freely the length of the pencil on the saine sidcas the p rings this second point d is attached by means of a clasp of springl'n'ass,Digipon` `one side th elf,`d, is within brass edge at right angles t'c the pencil, but leaning Vslightly towardfth c, ctin-g a little more from'the pencil, so `that; when' slid close to the ljstpoint, `it covers tects it plementthus exhibited and descifibed occiipies scareely'more space than anordinalry pencil, an'dlmay i leasure as a pencil, pocket. rule, beam Compasses for setting o' distances `c1" describing eil-cles df a l or as aguage {mamar-king-a-Jine-at afgiven-distancefro'm anedgeflllPencls-can-bestamp h t trilling expense, and the attached points can be transferred with ease `frontawoi'n ont pencil to o not wish` to conne myself to any particular scale or mode ofiixilig it on thepeneilncase, non rm, material, or mode of`attach1nent of `the points tothe case.,` All kinds `of alemnybe applic Pen-cils of a round, square, or any other section, may beused@ Aipointlofnsteehblack leacscft` 1 1' material, as wellptsl ofbi'ass', may be nsed 'for' the marking point. `The sliding point maylbe 'fixed point used to l'cover it. For` shop o'r olflce se both points may be sharpand of` equal length.; l ic case for moveable leads the points would be more conveniently andfnieely attached, and `might l d as to be withdrawn from view when not in use. For convenience of taking nieasnre'from theend it may be best, for some-uses, to place the ixcdlpointland the zeroof thefscale at `sheen jemef,

u Shop use a larger sizeof .pencil and more substantial attachmentsfwill hedesirahle. 1F01 nginee Urtects and draughtmenlslnse, a-ner and more accurate construction` wonldmake thi'sirnple ,lwell as more convenient than anynow in use.

l 'mithe application of a xed'ad a sliding `point to a scale, as that has been in beaniico invention, anddesire to secure by- Letters' Patent,'is

nationjof "a fixed and a sliding point with a pencil, snbstantiallyas andl iictionwof a marking Vpoint with a thin carvededge,andslaijlanged'sl to "coifer nnotin use, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

tio of p neil, scale and points, as an article of manufactiir'e,` sulistantiallyjas a l am; wondere# 

